Kathy Castor

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, on proposed plan for water withdrawals from St. Johns River:

Florida's booming population is already causing enough stress on the river.

But advocates do not have the same political clout as some of the development interests.

Thankfully, one benefit of being slow to conserve is that there is much progress still available.

As a news story by the Times-Union's David Bauerlein noted, Central Florida has proposed a draft plan that would pull up to 50 million gallons per day from the St. Johns River at one location and up to 110 million gallons per day...

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